Autographic register.



E. J. BARKER.

AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

I APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1912. 1,085,101. Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

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E. J. BARKER.

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B. J. BARKER.

AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED APB..15, 1912.

1,085,101 Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

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ENGLAND J. BARKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENGLAND J. BARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in autographic registers. Hereto-fore it has been customary to use such a register for each set of records or original and manifold records that were designed to receive an original and carbon inscription resulting from the writing to which the operator subjected the exposed superposed record. Now some transactions require two records the forms printed upon each of which will be basically different, and each of such character that they could not be arranged one after the other upon the same record strip and used ad Zibiz'um Without entailing a great deal of waste.

The objects of my invention are, primarily, to overcome this objection, and to so construct an autographic register that two differently printed sets of records can be placed in the same register and utilized independently of each other, or together, according as desired, and to construct a register of this character economically without involv ing a great increase in costof manufacture over registers that use only asingle set of record-strips. These and other objects I accomplish by the means hereinafter fully described, and as particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a. longitudinal central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. at is a transverse vertical section drawn to a larger scale. Fig. 5 is a front end elevation drawn to the same scale as Fig. t. Fig. 6 is a. fragmentary view showing a vertical section of the front end view of the register drawn to a. still larger scale. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section of a modified form of my invention.

My improvements are applicable to many kinds of autographic registers, but for the purpose of explanation, I have, in the following description confined myself to the style of register shown in the accompanying drawings. In these drawings, the register is shown to comprise a base-plate A, and stationary parallel side-frames B, B, secured Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 15, 1912.

Patented Jan. 2'7, 1914-. Serial No. 690,942.

thereto and spaced apart by cross-bars a, a, that connect them near their upper angles. The upper edges of the side-frames are horizontal and the space between them is occu pied by a platen, C, and it is hinged near the front end of the machine by having one of said cross-bars extended through openings in its downwardly flanged side flanges, substantially as shown in the drawings. lVhen this platen is in proper horizontal position to be written upon, the rear extensions Z), Z), of its side-flanges rest upon the bottom of recesses made in the upper edges of the rear portions of the side-frames, and are provided with a shoulder or; offset that projects beyond the vertical plane of the longitudinal sides of the platen to enable them to do this. These extensions 6, Z), are adapted to furnish bearings for the guiderollers c, c, 0, said guide-rollers being utilized to change the direction of the continuous webs of the record-strips from the rolls journaled between the side-frames, in the manner hereinafter more fully described, horizontally over the platen toward the front of the machine.

Near the front end of the machine the upper edges of the side-frames are connected by a bar D, which consists of a fiat bar of metal whose underside is in a plane a slight distance above that of the upper surface of the platen. The front portion of the platen extends under bar D, and beyond the front end edge of the side-frames, and on each side of the transverse center of the register (or that point coming midway between the side-frames) the front edge of said platen is provided with recesses (Z, (Z. The outlines of these recesses are, preferably, of corresponding shape and extend back to the vertical plane of about the rear edge of the bar D, and these recesses are for the purpose of permitting the upper ends of tension-fingers E, E, extending up thcretln'ough and normally bearing against the underside of the bar. The lower ends of these tension-fingers are loosely secured to a stationary transverse shaft 6, whose ends are secured in the sideframes, and said fingers are kept bearing upward against the underside of bar D, by means of coil-springs f, which are coiled upon shaft 0, have their ends secured thereto, and have the central portions thereof made straight and adapted to bear against the tension-fingers to keep it in yielding engagement with said bar.

Immediately in front of bar D, and between the same and the front edge of the platen, the register is provided with a cutting-edge F, which consists of a transverse horizontal blade, which bridges over the platen, and the front edge of which is, preferably, beveled to form a sharp straight edge upon which the records are torn off. The ends of this cutting-bar extend over the side-frames and are provided with downwardly extending L-shaped lugs, the rear ends of the lower horizontal portion of which are pivoted to the side-frames by means of screws that are, preferably, tapped int-o the ends of a transverse rock-shaft g, which latter has its ends journaled in the side-frames and has coil-springs g, wound around it near its journals for restoring it, when released, and the cutting-edge, which moves therewith, to their original positions, in which the cutting-edge will bear down upon the front edge portion of the platen.

A transverse rock-shaft G, that has its ends journaled in the side-frames is located above and slightly to the front of the vertical plane of the rock-shaft 57. Between the center of length of this shaft G, and its bearings it is surrounded by sleeves l2, and each of these sleeves near the side-frames is provided with a forwardly projecting arm 2', that extends beyond the front of the register for the purpose of affording the operator a hand-grasp for rocking the sleeves. These sleeves are also surrounded by torsional coilsprings, I, the function of which is to keep the sleeves in such position that the arms 2", will be at the downward limit of their m ovement.

Between the inner ends of sleeves h, shaft G, is provided with a heart-shaped cam j, the apex of which extends toward the rear of the machine. The radius of the apex of said cam is greater than any other portion thereof, and said apex bears against the vertical extension of an arm J, securely mounted upon shaft g, at about its center of length.

7 On either side of the cam j shaft G, is provided with a forwardly projecting stud k, and the adjacent ends of sleeves h, are provided with segmental recesses the length of which corresponds to the extent of movement of studs 70.

In their normal relative positions, in which the arms 2' of said sleeves are at the lower limit of their movements, the lower edges of the recess 70 will bear against studs 76, and when it is desired to raise the cuttingedge and remove the pressure of one of the tension-fingers E, from the bar D, the arm 5 is lifted. The sleeve from which projects the arm 2', that is grasped by the operator, is

rotated and an arm K aro'ectin forward from said edges of said sleeves back of the tension-fingers engages and pushes said tension-fingers out of engagement with the clamping-bar D. At the same time, the lower end of the recess is of said sleeve will engage the coact-ing stud is and oscillate shaft G, and this movement of shaft G, through the medium of cam and arm J, will oscillate shaft 9 and lift cutting-blade F. This operation of one sleeve It takes place entirely independent of the other sleeve on the opposite side of shaft G, and thus the tension-finger on one side of the register is disengaged from the clampingbar entirely independent of the tensionfinger on the other side thereof, while the releasing movement of either of said tension-fingers results in the lifting of the cut ting-edge of the machine.

Midway between the side-frames is a partition-wall M, that has it lower edge secured to the base-plate A, of the register, and extends from near one end of the register to the other. I prefer to have the upper edge of this partition-wall terminate about half the height of the register and to provide the same with studs N that project an equal distance on either side thereof, and to provide fixed ournals for revolving centering-bosses n that are suitably retained therein. The inner ends of the paste board cores (not shown) of rolls of record-strips are mounted on these centering-bosses n, and the outer ends of said cores are mounted on similar revolving bosses, 0, 0, journaled on suitable studs 79 in the free ends of upwardly inclined spring standards 0. The lower ends of these standards are suitably secured to the inner sides of the side-frames near the base-plate, and said frames are constructed in such manner as to permit the upper ends of said spring standards to have a limited lateral movement. The effect of these standards is to press the outer centering-bosses 0 toward the inner centering-bosses n and create more or less resistance to the paying out of the recordstrips.

The continuous webs of the record-strips extend from the rolls journaled on one side of the partition-walls, independently of the alining rolls on the other side of the same, to and around guide-rollers c, 0, c, and then forward over the platen, as hereinbefore described, and in order to prevent the edges of the record-strips on one side of said partition-wall from interfering with the edges of the record-strips coming from the other side of the same, as they pass around said guide-rollers, I have provided a guard consisting of a flat strip of metal, with the upper edges thereof recessed to permit the passage of the guide-rollers, and bend the forward ext-ended end of this guard horizontally and secure it flat against the underside of the rear portion of the platen.

Secured in any suitable manner to one side of the register near the upper edge of CAD the side-frame to which it is attached, is a carbon or ink-paper trough, 3,and pivotally connected to the ends of this trough is the marginal-frame, 4, of the register. Tins marginal-frame is of the conventional construction and is adapted to extend over the entire top of the register, and to be lifted laterally off of the platen, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings. This marginal-frame is provided with the usual opening over the platen to enable the recordstrips to be written upon, but this opening is divided by a longitudinal web, 5, extending from the front cross-member of the marginal-frame bounding said opening to the web of said frame bounding the rear end of the opening, thus dividing said opening into two parallel openings, one of which provides access to one set of record-strips and the other of which provides access to the parallel set of record-strips. The web 5, protects the adjacent longitudinal edges of the parallel sets of record-strips, and prevents the same from buckling or being torn by the movements of the arm or hand of the writer.

As hcreinbefore described, the register is designed so that when the portions of either set of record-strips in position over the platen are written upon, the impression from the pencil, or other writing instrument, will be manifolded upon all of the strips of the same set below the top one. Now, many of the forms of record strips used in connection with my improved twin register are so printed that one, say, of a length corresponding to one-half of the length of the opening in the marginal-frame, may be used to fill out a memorandum of sale, and the next following one be used as a receipt to the purchasers. It is usual to make more of these memoranda of sale in office systems using autographic registers than of the receipts, thus, as hereto-fore constructed and operated there was usually a waste of record-strips due to this difference in number of receipts and purchase memoranda. I overcome this objection by covering over that part of the platen underlying the rear half of the openings in the marginal-frame by means of a false-platen or shield, 6, con sisting of a metal plate extending from sideframe to side-frame over the platen with its side edges turned down and riveted or otherwise secured to the platen pro-per. Shield 6, is separated from the platen proper sufficiently to permit of the lowermost record-strip passing under it (the shield), and said shield is so disposed as to permit of the superposed record-strips of the same set to pass above the same. By means of this arrangement, the writer when writing upon the record-strips occupying the rear half of the openings in the marginal-frame will merely make impressions upon the recordstrips above the false-platen and will not mark upon the lowermost record-strips of the same set, under the same. Now, when the operator of the register draws the record-strips out, he will only grasp the front edges of the record-strips that'have passed over the false-platen and will tear them off in the usual manner upon the cutting-edge, F. He will then grasp the undermost record-strip and pull it out a distance corresponding to one-half of the length of the opening in the marginal-frame and tear it off, thus bringing the portion of the record-strip protected by the false platen during the last use of the register, into po sition between the front edge of the falseplaten and the front of the register so that during the next operation of the register it will receive the impression of the operator when he writes upon that portion of the record-strips underlying the front edge of the opening in the marginal-frame. Thus there will be no waste of record-strips.

If desired, two instead of one recordstrip might be passed under and protected by the false-platen during the operating of the register. Of course, my invention contemplates any such change in the manual operation of the register.

In order to facilitate the sepa at-ion of the strips of record-paper at the front end of the machine when the superposed strips of records are torn off independently of the lowermost strip or strips of the same I have provided a transverse wire or flat band, 7, which extends over the forward projecting ends of the platen, preferably, under the cutting-bar, This wire or band, preferably. has its ends secured in the side-frames of the register, and by threading the under or lowermost strips of record under it, and passing the other strip of record of the same set over it, the said strips will be divided so that it will be very easy for the operator to grasp the upper strips of record without disturbing the lower one.

In Fig. 7 of the drawings, I show a modification of my invention adapting it for use in an autographic register the supporting frame of which comprises two sections; one of which is a stationary section having sideframes 8 which are securely fastened to a base-plate, 9, and the other of which is a movable section having side-frames, 10, which are connected at or near their upper edges of the platen. 12, and are hinged near the front end of the register to the sideframes of the lower section.

The only difference between the register shown in Fig. 7, and that shown in the other figures of the drawings (aside from the supporting-frame being made in two sections) is that the platen has a longitudinal dropwall or partition, 13, secured to and depend ing therefrom midway between the sides of the register, and the stationary section has a standard or wall, 14, secured to and arising from the base-plate in the same longitudinal plane as partition, 13. Both the partition, 13, and standards 14, have centering-bosses 13 13, and 16k, suitably secured thereto for the purpose of journaling the inner ends of the rolls of record-strips in the same mannor as centering-bosses n, hereinbefore referred to. No means are shown for journal ing the outer ends of said rolls, as either spring standards, similar to O, in the pre ferred form of my improvements may be employed or journaling devices of any suitable well-known type may be used for this purpose.

All the other attributes of my improved register, shown and described in the first six figures of the drawings, are present in the modified form shown in Fig. 7 thereof, and further reference to the same is deemed unnecessary.

lVhat- I claim as new is:

1. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising sideframes, and two independent sets of journaling bosses for rolls of record paper, arranged inpairs, means for separating said sets, upon which several bosses of each set are mounted and devices for manipulating each set of bosses independently of the other that are inclosed within said casing.

2. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising sideframes, a platen between the same, and two independent sets of journaling bosses for rolls of record paper, arranged in pairs. means below the platen and between said side-frames for separating said sets upon which several bosses of each set are mounted, and devices for manipulating each set of bosses independently of the other that are inclosed within said casing.

3. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising sideframes, a platen hinged at one end between the same, and two independent sets of journaling bosses for rolls of record paper, ar' ranged in pairs, means below the platen and between said side-frames for separating said sets upon which several bosses of each set are mounted, and devices for manipulating each set of bosses independently of the other that are inclosed within said casing.

4. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising sideframes, a longitudinally disposed wall interposed between said side-frames, independent sets of journaling bosses for rolls of record paper, arranged in pairs, several bosses of each set mounted on said wall, and devices for manipulating said bosses one of which devices is disposed on one side of said wall and one on the opposite side thereof.

5. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising sideframes, a platen between the same, and two independent sets of journaling bosses for rolls of record paper, arranged in pairs, means below and independent of said platen and between said side-frames for separating said sets of journaling bosses, and devices for manipulating each set of bosses independently of the other 'that are inclosed within said casing.

6. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising a suitable base-plate and side-frames mounted upon and secured thereto, a longitudinally disposed wall secured to said baseplate bet-ween said side-frames, independentsets of journaling bosses for rolls of. record-strips arranged in pairs and devices for manipulating each set of bosses, one of which devices is disposed on one side of said wall and one on the other side thereof, and a platen extending from side-frame to sideframe above said wall.

7. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising a suitable base-plate and side-frames mounted upon and secured thereto, a longitudinally disposed wall secured to said base-plate between said side-frames, independent sets of journaling bosses for rolls of record-strips arranged in pairs and devices for manipulating the same, one of which devices is disposed on one side of said wall and one on the other side thereof, a platen extending from side-frame to side-frame above said wall, and having one end hinged between the same.

8. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising a suitable base-plate and side-frames mounted upon and secured thereto, a longitudinally disposed wall secured to said base-plate between said side-frames, independent sets of journaling bosses for rolls of record-strips arranged in pairs and devices for manipulating the same, one of which devices is disposed on one side of said wall and one on the other side thereof, a platen extending from side-frame to side-frame above said wall, and a roller journaled beyond one end of said platen.

9. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising a suitable baseplate and side-frames mounted upon and secured thereto, a longitudinally disposed wall secured to said base-plate between said side-frames, independent sets of journaling bosses for rolls of record-strips arranged in pairs and devices for manipulating the same, one of which devices is disposed on one side of said wall and one on the other side thereof, a platen extending from sideframe to side-frame above said wall, and a roller journaled beyond one end of said platen, and a suitable device located between the bearings of said roller for separating the record-strips.

10. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising a suitable base-plate and side-frames mounted upon and secured thereto. a longitudinally disposed wall secured to said base-plate between said side-frames, independent sets of journaling bosses for rolls of record-strips arranged in pairs and devices for manipulating the same, one of which devices is disposed on one side of said wall and one on the other side thereof, and a platen extending from side frame to side-frame above said wall. and having side extensions and a roller journaled in said extensions.

11. An autographic register consisting of a supportingframe or casing comprising a suitable base-plate and side-frames mounted upon and secured thereto, a longitudinally disposed wall secured to said base-plate between said side-frames independent sets of journaling bosses for rolls of record-strips arranged in pairs and devices for manipulating the same, one of which devices is disposed on one side of said wall and one on the other side thereof, a platen extending from side-frame to side-frame above said wall and having side extensions, a guideroller journaled in said extensions, and a guard-arm one end of which is secured to said platen, between the bearings of said roller and the opposite end of which is provided with a recess through which said roller extends.

12. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames. a longitudinally disposed wall interposed between said side-frames, suitable journaling devices for two sets of record-strip rolls, a portion of each set being respectively supported by said wall and by said sideframes, a platen, and retaining means engaging the free ends of said strips.

13. An autographic register consisting of a supportingframe or casing comprising side-frames, a longitudinally disposed wall interposed between said side-frames, two sets of journaling devices respectively supported by said wall and by said side-frames for two sets of record strip rolls, a platen, and retaining means engaging the free ends of said strips.

l t. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame. or casing comprising side-frames, a longitudinally disposed wall interposed between said side-frames, devices for journaling rolls of continuous recordst-rips on each side of said wall, comprising revolving centering bosses for said rolls having fixed axes secured to said wall and laterally yielding centering bosses secured to said side-frames for the outer ends of said rolls, a platen, and retaining means engaging the free ends of said strips.

15. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising sideframes, devices for journaling a plurality of rolls of record-strips some of which are journaled on one side of a longitudinal vertical plane between the side-frames and others on the other side thereof, a platen, a guideroller journaled at one end thereof, means for keeping said strips apart as they pass around said roller, a marginal frame having two parallel openings therein that are separated by a web which latter together with said means are disposed in said vertical plane, and two sets of independently operated devices engaging the withdrawal end portions of said strips and preventing the return movement thereof.

16. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames, a longitudinally disposed wall interposed between said side-frames. devices for journaling a plurality of rolls of record-strips some of which are journaled on one side of said wall and some on the other side thereof, a platen, a guide-roller journaled at one end thereof, means for keeping said strips apart as they pass around said roller, a marginal frame having two parallel openings therein that are separated by a web which latter together with said means are disposed in the same vertical plane as said wall. and two sets of inclependently operated devices engaging the withdrawal end portions of said strips and preventing the return movement thereof.

17. An autographie register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames. devices for journaling a plurality of rolls of record-strips some of which are mounted on one side of a given longitudinal vertical plane between said side-frames and the others on the other side thereof, a platen hinged at one end between said sideframes, a marginal frame having two longitudinal parallel openings therein and hinged to one side of said register, and two sets of independently operated devices engaging the withdrawal end portions of said strips and preventing the return movement thereof.

18. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames, devices for journaling a plurality of rolls of record-strips some of which are journaled on one side of a longitudinal vertical plane between the side-frames and others on the other side thereof, a platen hinged at one end between said side-frames, a guide-roller journaled at one end thereof, means for keeping said strips apart as they pass around said roller, a marginal frame hinged to one side of the register and having two parallel openings therein that are separated by a web which latter together with said means are disposed in said vertical plane, and devices engaging the withdrawal end portions of said strips.

19. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames, a suitable platen, means for journaling two axially alining rolls of record strips therein so that the webs from said rolls extend parallel to and alongside of each other to and out of one end of the register, a separate tension-finger for each of said strips, means above the withdrawal ends of the strips against which said strips are pressed by said fingers and devices that actuate said tension-fingers independently of each other.

20. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames, a suitable platen, means for journaling two axially alining rolls of record-strips therein so that the webs from said rolls extend parallel to and alongside of each other to and out of one end of the register, a separate tension-finger for each of said strips, means above the withdrawal ends of the strips against which said strips are pressed by said fingers, and devices that actuate said tension-fingers independently of each other, and a single cutting-edge under which the withdrawal ends of said strips ass.

21. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames, a suitable platen, -means for journaling two axially alining rolls of record-strips therein so that the webs from said rolls extend parallel to and alongside of each other to and out of one end of the register, a movable cutting-edge under which the withdrawal ends of said strips pass, independent tension-fingers adapted to engage the underside of said strips, and separate clevices that move said fingers downward independently of each other and simultaneously lift said cutting-edge.

22. An autcgraphic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames, a suitable platen, interposed between the same, devices for supplying a plurality of record-strips, which latter extend beyond the end of said platen, and a false platen imposed over a portion of the platen proper, between which platen some of said record-strips pass.

23. An autographic register consisting of a supportingframe or casing comprising side-frames, a suitable platen interposed between said side-frames, devices for supplying aplurality of reco-rdstrips, a marginalframe over said platen having an opening therein, and a false platen imposed over the portion of the platen proper underlying the rear part of said opening.

24. An autographic register consisting of a Supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames, a suitable platen, interposed between the same, devices for supplying a plurality of record-strips, which latter extend beyond the end of said platen, and means at the front end of the register for separating the lowermost from the uppermost recordstrips at the point where they leave the register.

25. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames, a suitable platen, interposed between the same, devices for supplying a plurality of record-strips which latter extend beyond the end of said platen, a false platen imposed over a portion of the platen proper, between which platens some of said record-strips pass, and means at the front end of the register for separating the recordstrips that passed under said false platen from those that passed over the same.

26. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames, a suit-able platen interposed be: tween said side-frames, devices for supplying a plurality of record-strips, a marginalframe over said platen having an opening therein, a false platen imposed over the portion of the platen proper underlying the rear part of said opening, and means at the front end of the register for separating the record-strips that passed under said platen from those that passed over the same.

27. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames, a suitable platen interposed between said side-frames, devices for supplying a plurality of record-strips, a marginalframe over said platen having an opening therein, a transverse cutting-edge at the front of the register, a false platen imposed over the portion of the platen proper underlying the rear part of said opening, and a transverse band below said cutting-edge and adapted to separate the record-strips that passed under said false platen from those that passed above.

28. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames, a platen between the same, supporting mechanism for two sets of recordstrips, means below the platen and between said side-frames for separating said sets, devices for manipulating. the same independently of the other that are inclosed within said casing, and a false platen imposed over a portion of the platen proper, between which platens some of said recordstrips pass.

29. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising sideframes, a platen between the same supporting mechanism for two sets of recordstrips, means below the platen and between said side-frames for separating said sets, devices for manipulating the same independently of the other that are inclosed within said casing, a false platen imposed over a portion of the platen proper, between which platens some of said record-strips pass, and means at the front end of the register for separating the record-strips that passed under said false platen from those that passed over the same.

30. An autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames, a plurality of rolls of recordstrips some of which are journaled on one side of a given longitudinal vertical plane between said side-frames and the others on the other side thereof, a platen, a marginal frame having two longitudinal parallel openings therein, devices engaging the withdrawal end portions of said strips, and a false platen imposed over a portion of the platen proper, between which platens some of said record-strips pass.

31. A11 autographic register consisting of a supporting-frame or casing comprising side-frames, a plurality of rolls of recordstrips some of which are journaled on one side of a given longitudinal vertical plane between said side-frames and the others on the other side thereof, a platen, a marginalframe having two longitudinal parallel openings therein, devices engaging the withclrawal end portions of said strips, a false platen imposed over a portion of the platen proper, between which platens some of said record-strips pass, and means at the front end of the register for separating the recordlVitnesses FRANK D. THOMASON, E. A. LUNDY.

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